Re: [HACKERS] dump/reload

>
> On Tue, 2 June 1998, at 22:19:01, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > they don't always work, in the case of a table with an attribute that
> > > calls a function for its default value.
>
> > This is a good point, and something worth thinking about.  Maybe we
> > could scan through the defaults for a table, and call the dumpfunction
> > command for any functions.  Then when they are later attempted to be
> > created, they would fail, or we could somehow mark them as already
> > dumped.
>
> Would we look at the binary plan (aiee!) or just try and parse the
> string value 'pg_attdef.adsrc` for a function call?

I see pg_attrdef.adsrc now.  Wow, that looks tough.  Could we grab any
identifier before an open paren?

There has to be an easy fix for this.  Can't think of it though.

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